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Abstract #2482

Field Map Error Location and Correction for Fat/Water Separation Methods

Sreenath Narayan1, Satish Kalhan2, David Wilson1

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States; 2Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States

We have shown that error correction can be used to reliably and automatically decompose fat and water at 7T, with minimal human interference. When combined with FLAWLESS, a previously published technique, we were able to avoid complete swaps of fat and water, while preventing partial swaps from appearing in 99.7% of our 134 images.

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